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Our Map Is Memory (2012 Demos)

by Joe Ross

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1.
Break Your Spell 02:40
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What is this thing you've gotten into your head that I'm leaving and I'm never coming back? You know very well that I can't look away from you, and even if I could, I wouldn't want to break your spell.
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Coming to Terms 02:41
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We must never forget the past If we ever want to get go back Memory will always be our only map So we must never forget the past I'm coming to terms, coming to terms with who I won't be I've got so much to learn, so much to learn, will you teach me? I'm coming to terms, coming to terms With what this all means I'm still so immature, so immature But at least I'm trying I try not to repeat my mistakes But there are some habits that I'll never break They don't define me but they might someday Unless I try not to repeat my mistakes I'm coming to terms, coming to terms with who I won't be I've got so much to learn, so much to learn, will you teach me? I'm coming to terms, coming to terms With what this all means I'm still so immature, so immature But at least I'm trying
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Outdated Map 07:56
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E F#m C#m A You looked up from an outdated map, and the look on your face said "we don't know where we're at." Oh You woke up from a much-needed nap and you opened your eyes and said "where are we at?" I Said I still don't know You looked up from an outdated map, and the look on your face said "we don't know where we're at." Oh There was a pause in the conversation, and just before things got awkward, you cracked a smile and we both laughed out loud Yeah We both laughed out loud Yeah You looked up from an outdated map, and the look on your face said "we don't know where we're at." Oh You woke up from a much-needed nap and you said "do we still not know where we're at?" I Said we still don't know where we're at No We turn the music up and we start to laugh We look out the windows as the rain starts to pit pat pit pat pit pat pit pat pit pat pit pat pit pat on the roof of the car, on the roof of the car, on the roof, on the roof, of the car You looked up from an outdated map, and the look on your face said "we don't know where we're at." Oh You looked up from an outdated map, and the look on your face said "we don't know where we're at." So we pull over at a old bridge and we get out and look around it's only a few feet down so we sit up on the edge of the bridge and our feet hang down in the water In the water We get back into the car and start driving we don't know where but we go very far and we decide this last leg will forever be known as our our wind will forever be known as our our wind will forever be known as our our wind will forever be known as our our wind And you look up from an outdated map and you roll down the window and you toss out the map and you say "We're goin' no one knows where" "We're goin' no one knows where" "We're goin' no one knows where" I just hope we're still together when we get there I know we'll be together when we get there I know we'll be together when we get there Together when we get there Together when we get there Together when we get there
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Forget Not Regret 03:40
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A F#m E D E If I fall down, will you let me hit the ground? If I do my best to give up, will you let me give up? I don't mind if you forget me, I just couldn't stand it If you grew to regret me Everything goes much slower when the pain comes You think about everybody who has it worse than you until it's done You know, you think about relativity You've got it pretty easy, that's not helping much these days And you, you know that it probably should, and that good Catholic guilt is welling up like you knew that it would, and you've got better things to do except that you don't You gave up crying years ago, never got you anywhere at all
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Little Comfort 02:46
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C G Em D It's one of those things for which words offer little comfort It's one of those nights when you just need to say something to someone You're talking through tears, do I play it strong or do I cry along? I just want to be here, all the night, and all your life long It's one of those pains for which words offer little comfort It's one of those days when you just need to know that there's more than the hurt Your phone call is short, not much to talk about, the silence fills itself out I just want to be here, sometimes merely connecting is paramount It's one of those things for which words offer little comfort It's one of those nights when you just need to say something to someone You're talking through tears, do I play it strong or do I cry along? I just want to be here, all the night, and all your life long
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Coping Strategies 02:50
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(X02200 8x) (022000 2x) (320000 2x) You can't break this problem down into its component parts like you like to do. I feel bad for you. You have a few coping strategies, but they don't respond well to complications, which makes this a difficult situation. (X02200 1x) (102200 1x) (002200 1x) (302200 1x) You're not depressed, you're just a little lost most of the time. (2x) You can't break this problem down into its component parts like you like to do. I feel bad for you. You have a few coping strategies, but they don't respond well to complications, which makes this a difficult situation. (X02200 1x) (102200 1x) (002200 1x) (302200 1x) You're not depressed, you're just a little lost most of the time. (4x) (X02200 1x)
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The Things We Do 01:41
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G Bm G Bm G Bm A People will say anything when things are going well To be seen as good and kind But it's the things we do when it's all gone to hell Yeah the hardest decisions are the ones by which we should be defined I tell myself I'm not like that, but I know that it's bullshit We all talk a good game once in a while Even when we know damn well we've got no right to play But if our heart was never in it, isn't that wise anyway? People will say anything when things are going well To be seen as good and kind But it's the things we do when it's all gone to hell Yeah the hardest decisions by which we should be defined
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A Little Story 01:09
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I've got a little story to tell you before you fall asleep tonight. And it might scare you but I'm not worried; by the time you wake up you'll be alright.
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Keep Me Away 03:05
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This time tomorrow I'll be next to you And it's that right that's getting me through This time tomorrow you'll be in my arms And it's that image that's gotten me this far One two, three four And nothing can keep me away from you, no Nothing can keep me away
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Blue, Away From You 02:22
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G# Cm C# C#m I know you want to be there for me when I'm feeling blue, but the truth is that I'm only ever really sad when I'm away from you.

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Most of this was recorded on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.0- and using an app called Easy Voice Recorder Free. Compression and normalization were usually done, in addition to cropping the beginning and end in Audacity.

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released July 18, 2012

Written, recorded, and edited by Joe Ross

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